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200 displaced Syrians gather at Israeli border fence as Russia bombs civilians

200 displaced Syrians gather at Israeli border fence as Russia bombs civilians

Israeli troops do not directly interfere, but call on Syrian civilians to go back to their camp as regime offensive kills at least 10  … Read More ›

‘A Strong Message to Iran from Israel’: Syrians Debate Aleppo Airstrike

‘A Strong Message to Iran from Israel’: Syrians Debate Aleppo Airstrike

A source close to the Syrian rebels said that Syrians in the north heard missiles fly over their locations on Sunday before explosions near Aleppo’s… Read More ›

Israel to close Kerem Shalom crossing, stopping gas, fuel transfers

Israel to close Kerem Shalom crossing, stopping gas, fuel transfers

Decision announced after Gaza violates ceasefire of weekend violence by firing rocket into southern Israel while incendiary kites and balloons continue to cause fires in… Read More ›

Netanyahu visits arson-ravaged Gaza border, warns of a ‘protracted stuggle’

Netanyahu visits arson-ravaged Gaza border, warns of a ‘protracted stuggle’

Prime minister vows no ceasefire if the Palestinians keep sending incendiary kites and balloons into Israel   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday paid a… Read More ›

Eilat, Israel – With New Airport, Israel’s Eilat Competes For European Tourists

Eilat, Israel – With New Airport, Israel’s Eilat Competes For European Tourists

  Eilat, Israel – Once almost lost to international tourism, the Israeli resort of Eilat hopes a new airport will attract a million foreign visitors… Read More ›

Syrian official: Israel attacked airport near Aleppo

Syrian official: Israel attacked airport near Aleppo

State news agency SANA accuses ‘Zionist enemy’ of returning in its ‘desperate attempts to support defeated terror organizations’ by attacking military outpost north of Al-Nayrab… Read More ›

Howard Rosenman went to Israel to die. Now he’s making Oscar-winning cinema

Howard Rosenman went to Israel to die. Now he’s making Oscar-winning cinema

A scare with AIDS over 30 years ago led Howard Rosenman to a lifetime of LGBT activism and accolades for his work on ‘Call Me… Read More ›

IfNotNow Gatecrash New Birthright Group, Go On East Jerusalem Tour

IfNotNow Gatecrash New Birthright Group, Go On East Jerusalem Tour

IfNotNow participants state that they knew they could not go to east Jerusalem with Birthright, so were leaving the group to do so.   Six… Read More ›

Netanyahu: We didn’t agree to ceasefire without halt of incendiary balloons

Netanyahu: We didn’t agree to ceasefire without halt of incendiary balloons

PM Netanyahu rejects reports ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Gaza terror factions includes only gradual reduction of incendiary balloons, while Defense Minister Lieberman adds:… Read More ›

Controversial ‘segregation’ clause dropped from Jewish nation-state bill

Controversial ‘segregation’ clause dropped from Jewish nation-state bill

Sanctioning of Jewish-only communities struck out in favor of more generic clause that urges ‘the development of Jewish settlement’ as ‘a national value’   Prime… Read More ›

Opinion: With Trump as President, Why Isn’t Netanyahu Building More Settlements?

Opinion: With Trump as President, Why Isn’t Netanyahu Building More Settlements?

“Not one single brick” was Netanyahu’s slogan for whenever settler leaders urged him to approve new construction, a reference to a phrase he heard from… Read More ›

Iran official: We’ll leave Syria if Assad asks us to

Iran official: We’ll leave Syria if Assad asks us to

Following meeting with Putin earlier this week, Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior advisor to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, insists his country’s advisors and forces… Read More ›

Israel launches Patriot missile at drone approaching from Syria

Israel launches Patriot missile at drone approaching from Syria

In second incident in week, IDF targets UAV nearing Israeli airspace; unclear if aircraft sustains hit, who operated it   The Israel Defense Forces launched… Read More ›

IDF Strikes Three Military Targets in Syrian Golan Heights

IDF Strikes Three Military Targets in Syrian Golan Heights

Earlier on Wednesday a Patriot missile intercepted a Syrian drone which infiltrated into northern Israel with some parts of the UAV falling in the Sea… Read More ›

Don’t worry, they are only flying kites

Don’t worry, they are only flying kites

Op-ed: We need to stop the incendiary balloons and kites launched into Israeli communities. It has becomes unbearable. No government in the world would allow… Read More ›

Integrated dance gives those with disabilities an equal opportunity

Integrated dance gives those with disabilities an equal opportunity

Harnessing power of balance, the Vertigo modern dance troupe trains people with a range of ability, and is looking for new people to teach When… Read More ›

Analysis: End of Era in US, Israeli Supreme Courts

Analysis: End of Era in US, Israeli Supreme Courts

Israeli liberals are equally concerned as their American partners following recent changes in the courts.   In the Us, many on the liberal side of… Read More ›

The games at play in Syria

The games at play in Syria

Analysis: The Israelis have given a clear ultimatum to Syria: a military force entering the buffer zone in Quneitra will be destroyed. Russia has made… Read More ›

Court to mull releasing Duma firebomb suspect to house arrest

Court to mull releasing Duma firebomb suspect to house arrest

Right-wing legal aid group Honenu praises judge for weighing move; 20-year-old is awaiting trial for role in deadly 2015 attack on Palestinian family   A… Read More ›

Watchdog Group: United Nations Ignores Antisemitism, De-Judaizes Holocaust

Watchdog Group: United Nations Ignores Antisemitism, De-Judaizes Holocaust

UN Watch made the accusation in a report it presented at a special event at the Knesset.   The United Nations has failed to seriously… Read More ›